Malaysian Police Re-Arrest High-Profile Terror Suspect

Malaysian police on Monday arrested a high-profile terror suspect for alleged links to a locally based terrorist group.

AP Photo/Malaysia Police Department

Yazid Sufaat, a former captain in the Malaysian army who has a degree in biochemistry from California State University-Sacramento, was arrested for allegedly being a member of a little-known terror group called Tanzim Malaysia Al-Qaeda. Mr. Yazid and his employee Muhammad Hilmi Hashim were arrested under the Security Offenses Special Measures Act.

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